Fabian Coulthard has won his first three V8 Supercar races, on top of a first pole position and round win at the weekend’s Melbourne Australian Grand Prix non-championship round.

Rookie Scott McLaughlin also tasted his first series victory in Race 4 for Garry Rogers Motorsport, completing a clean sweep of the weekend by New Zealand countrymen.

Coulthard kicked off a stellar weekend for Brad Jones Racing by claiming pole position in Thursday’s qualifying session.

Teammate Jason Bright recorded a second, two thirds, and an eleventh placing across the four 12-lap races.

Bright also set the second quickest qualifying time in the Thursday session, but was penalised two grid positions after passing the chequered flag twice in the first practice session.

Coulthard finished the fourth race of the round in third position, after a minor post-pitstop error let eventual winner McLaughlin and second-placed Craig Lowndes through until the finish.

On qualifying and race speed, Brad Jones Racing were clearly ahead of the field in adapting to the 2013 series’ first use of the soft-compound tyre option.

Shane Van Gisbergen looked to continue his impressive start to 2013 for Tekno Autosports by crossing the line first in Race 3, but was one of eight drivers excluded from the results due to an ignition timing-related technical infringement.

The only non-Holden entries excluded were the Nissans of Michael Caruso (ninth) and Todd Kelly (tenth).

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This subsequently handed the Race 3 win to second-placed Coulthard, and David Reynolds and Bright replaced Lowndes’ and Jonathon Webb’s respective second and third results.

Cumulatively affecting five of the top ten Race 3 finishers, this ruling also shuffled the Race 4 grid positions - based on drivers’ overall results from the first three races.

Race 1’s grid had been determined by a sole Thursday qualifying session, and Race 2 and 3 starting positions were based on the preceding race’s finishing order.

Coulthard therefore led the pack from all four starts, and his three race wins were the first for the Albury-based team at the at the Albert Park circuit since John Bowe’s victory at the 2005 event.

The New Zealander dedicated his win to the late Jason Richards, who succumbed to cancer in 2011.

"There's no better person to dedicate this victory to than JR. He was a close friend and a BJR family member. Charlotte and the kids were here this weekend so it is a pretty emotional time," Coulthard said.

"JR had massive success here. We all miss him and he's never forgotten and I'm sure he's looking at us from wherever he is smiling."

Championship leader Lowndes fared the better of the two Triple Eight entries, recording a fifth place, second place, and second in Race 4 after his Race 3 second placing was excluded.

His defending series champion teammate Whincup placed fourth in the first race, before dropping to the tail of the field in Race 2 after a drive-through penalty for spinning his wheels during his pitstop.

After his 16th place in Race 3 was excluded, Whincup recovered to sixth in the final race.

Ford Performance Racing’s Will Davison fared the best of the factory Fords, recording third, fourth, fifth, and eighth placings across the four races.

FPR teammate Mark Winterbottom was penalised for an unsafe pit release in Race 1, shifting his seventh place finishing result to 25th after the race.

Winterbottom then worked his way through the field to finish 12th in Race 2, seventh in Race 3, and a DNF in Race 4 after a collision involving Russell Ingall on the opening lap.

Of Nissan Motorsport’s Altima entries, Michael Caruso was the best qualifier, earning 12th on the grid after lapping 1.5496 seconds slower than Coulthard’s pole time.

James Moffat had the best Altima race record, placing eighth and fifth in the first two races, before being boosted to tenth from 17th after the Race 3 exclusions, and placing a genuine tenth in the final race.

The best qualifier of the Erebus Racing AMG Mercedes-Benz E 63s was Tim slade in 14th, recording a best time 1.6569 seconds behind Coulthard’s pole figure.

Racewise, Lee Holdsworth performed best of the E 63s, recording 19th, 18th, 15th (after Race 3 exclusions), and 20th across the four races.